| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME Chronicle only five But his editorial columns clearly demon strated that he understood the leadership potential of community newspapers and was dedicated to the improvement and well-being of each of the towns he served When afterthree-month illness he died on August 28 1931 at age 43 his sons James Harold Dick and Frank were 21 and 18 years of age respectively Frank in fact had completed high school studies only three months earlier and like Dick would get the remainder of his educa tion innewspaper plant termed by many the School of Grassroots Journalism Still they took up the publication of the Chronicle guided it through the Great Depression and despite their youth demonstrated the combination of business acumen and editorial ability that was quite obviously their heritage In Payson the co-publishers were frequently referred to as Dick and the Deacon In Frankcase the nickname was throwback to his early teens when he became the only member of his high school crowd to achieve that status in his church Dick was obviously not derived from his proper name James Harold and the reason he was known as Dickie bird is somewhat clouded by the disappearance ofhalfcentury from the calendar Dick eventually terminated his newspapering career after 13 years Frank continued until his death Their father wasnative of Salt Lake City born November 27 1887 intofamily of commercial printers and binders Their mother Mary Gertrude Rasmussen was born and raised in Fillmore but asyoung lady moved to the capital city where she found work -andhusband She returned home to give birth to their children first Dick then Frank born on July 16 1913 and thendaughter Fern In 1917 James moved to Fillmore where fortime he was in construction work with his wifefamily and became quite familiar with the town and county Asresult when publisher Joseph Smith decided to sell the Millard County Progress-Review Mr 585 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
